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A comment on California's hidden homeless: workers living in cars due to property prices.

Re:California's hidden homeless: workers living in cars due ... by monkseal on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @06:07PM (#16011637)
I had a friend who decided to live in his Ford Explorer in San Diego rather than pay rent....

Then he flipped his Explorer on the freeway going like 70 mph. He survived unscratched but his SUV was totaled.

Fortunately for him, he was able to move in with his mom and stepdad (who he hated) but if he was anybody else and he didn't have family in the area he would have been completely homeless...

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Re:California's hidden homeless: workers living in cars due ... by FireBeyond on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @06:52PM (#16011816)
It sucks that happened, but it's hard to conjure the same sympathy.

He made choices - "live in car, rather than pay rent" - what happened to all the money he saved by doing so? Wasn't able to buy a new car? Or spent it?

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Re:California's hidden homeless: workers living in cars due ... by dsfyu404ed on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @06:26PM (#16011704)
Presumably he could have afforded a new (to him) car albeit he'd pay a lot to do so quickly. Car prices in CA are perfectly reasonable.
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